When a player just misses a home run because the ball drifts foul, he almost never comes back and hits one fair to cap that at-bat. But that’s exactly what Chris Young did Sunday.
After just pulling a Tom Koehler pitch foul in the fifth inning, Young straightened it out and crushed the 11th pitch of the at-bat into the leftfield loge section for a two-run shot in the Mets 4-0 win over the Marlins.

Young has 146 career homers, but said he can’t recall too many like that.

“Maybe twice. It doesn’t happen too often,’’ he said. “Normally after you hit one foul, something bad happens after. You go sit in the dugout, you’re like ‘Dog, I just missed it,’ and normally it doesn’t work out like that. But I’m happy it did.”

After lasting just one inning in his Met debut and going on the disabled list with a tight right groin, Young has been playing catch-up. He was activated on April 18, and following a slow start, he has now gone deep twice in his last four games.

“The fact that he had such a good spring and then came up with the [groin] injury early, he’s really kind of getting his feet under him with the pitching he’s got to face,’’ said manager Terry Collins. “But he’s dangerous. We know that.

“He’s athletic. We see the power, it’s still there. I just hope that this is the start, because I thought every one of his at-bats was pretty good [Sunday]. That last one, that [relief pitcher Carter] Capps can really be tough. He’s just one of those guys in that lineup, if we can get him going, we should be able to score some runs.’’

Dillon Gee’s eight shutout innings represented the longest start by a Met this year. He had a bloated 6.34 ERA after his start last May 25, but his 2.75 ERA since is seventh-best in baseball and fifth-best in the NL.

The Mets managed to win their 10-game homestand despite batting just .200, hitting only four homers and mustering a modest 32 runs. How? They pitched to a 2.72 ERA, including a sterling 2.49 ERA from the starters. … The Mets improved to 6-0 when backup catcher Anthony Recker starts.